DRL TEN Pavilion

more progress images

DRL TEN Pavilion

here are some progress images of my submission for the DRL Ten Pavilion competition. developing as an animalistic form, the process involved rationalizing the surface to increase the amount of repetition in the cladding panelization.

Reception desk

i'm currently designing a reception desk to be made of fiberglass in 2 colors with a corian counter top.

Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion

older site photos, provided by Manuela Gatto.

interior view of the "belly" / central pile cap with steel plate "diaphrams".

interior view of the steel plate "diaphrams".

view from beneath the steel plate "diaphrams".

1:1 facade mockup

Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion - Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher

here are a few more photos of the bridge on site, provided by Manuela Gatto.

bridge deck was created by a series of "diaphrams" or ribs with steel paneling underside, bent and welded at the central support "belly" to form double curvature. 2 spinal arches "top chords" transfer loads to the pilecaps at both ends and centre of the bridge. connecting the deck to the "top chords" is the faceted diagrid which also acts as the secondary facade structure.

it was a great project to work on, rationalizing the geometry from the competition stage to construction documents, achieving repetition in the facade panelization while using planar structural elements to reduce cost.

all modeling was done in Rhino 3. Shop drawings were generated from a Catia 3d model.

cabana

further development of the cabana module as a double-sided system sharing a central media / structural base.

voronoi cells

testing surface patterns through applying a voronoi script on to a surface.

Rhino introduction class 2

here are the results of the second day of rhino introduction class.

following the development of the previous class, we developed a surface, extracted the contours to create the structure, and re-applied a pattern to surface. this exercise shows how to extract information from a complex surface that can be used to develop structural placement.

Rhino introduction class

Aug. 14-15 I tought an introduction class to Rhino for SOM employees, as part of in-house training. students varied from fresh beginners to intermediate users. lesson covered basic introduction of user interface to more advanced surface modeling. as a formal experiment and example of creating complex surface patterns for potential facade or screen design, outcome of the class is shown in the following renderings.


[rendered in Vray for Rhino 4]

Glass pavilion

proposal for a glass pavilion generated as an abstract representation of the existing topography.

Q4 pavilion

2005 post-graduate thesis at the Architectural Association Design Research Lab [DRL], London, done in conjunction with Diego Rosales, Yan Gao, & Hsun-Hui Yang. brief was to design a dynamic pavilion for the southbank on the river thames. for full thesis www.luciosantos.com/simshun

Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion - Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher

construction photos taken earlier this year by manuela gatto, project architect.


view of the central, 3m thick, pilecap with steel frame that form the 'belly' of the bridge.photo collage of pod 4

façade mockup showing the tile pattern, window openings, & primary gutters.

Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion - Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher

the bridge pavilion was commissioned as the 'iconic' entrance to the 2008 world expo in zaragoza, españa. 300m long with 2 levels, it is composed of 4 pods: 2 & 4 being the central , open-aired pedestrian passage flanked by pods 1 & 4 on both sides. the bridge will house a water conservation exhibition on the upper levels.

triangulated chair

a few renderings of the first prototype.